Re: Public Policy and Consumer ISP Hygiene (was Comcastpop-ups)

[chris () blask org]

--- On Mon, 10/19/09, Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk> wrote:

> Ummmm -- given the huge number of compromised client machines out 
> there, and the multiplier of each such machine giving up N email 
> account details (ISP, work or school, free webmail, one for most IM 
> services the user is registered with, etc, etc) per legit user of the 
> machine (2, 3, 4, 5, ??? per PC for a typical "home computer"), you see 
> being able to "strongly authenticate" some, even any Emails
> from that system as BOTH possible and sufficiently user friendly that
> it might actually be used by more than a tiny fraction of the really
> most nerdy of IT techie types (who have other easier/more ingrained
> methods at their own disposal now)?
 
> Really?

Well, no.  Actually, I think nothing at all is going to happen in regards to spam (at least nothing users will notice). 
 I think it is conceivable that something *could* be done, but there are more hurdles than there is need for a 
solution.  Rich raises some more of the hurdles, and if there was any chance of anyone doing anything I might try to 
tackle them, but since there isn't (and I just don't care about spam), I won't. ;~)

> What _are_ you smoking?

A really good cuban or jamaican sound nice, but unfortunately I don't do either.

-chris


      
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